The first UFC pay-per-view of 2025 took place last weekend with UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.  The event was headlined by a lightweight title bout between champion  Islam Makhachev and late replacement  Renato Moicano .   Makhachev was originally slated to fight  Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch, but Tsarukyan was forced out of the fight the day before the event.  Moicano, who was scheduled to face  Beneil Dariush on the fight card, stepped into the main event while Dariush was pushed to a later date.   Makhachev won the fight via submission in the first round solidifying his position atop the pound-for-pound rankings.   The co-main event featured bantamweight champion  Merab Devalishvili handing  Umar Nurmagomedov his fight career loss.